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"If you're looking to train a happy, reliable companion dog in a minimal amount of time... you're not going to do it by bribing him with treats," said Bill Glatzel, Director of Training for TLC K9 ACADEMY in Phoenix Arizona, and experienced Dog Trainer and Behaviorist of more than 25 years.
BILL GLATZEL's TLC "MAGIC TOUCH" ™ "We use Negative Reinforcement when the dog makes incorrect decisions for permanent, lasting and stable command reliability," says Glatzel. But then he goes on to say, "We also use Positive Reinforcement, and praise when the dog makes the right decision." "The concept of Negative Reinforcement is difficult to teach and learn because of the word "negative." Negative Reinforcement is often confused with Punishment. They are very different, however. I'm sure you have experienced Negative Reinforcement many times and did not even realize it.
Negative Reinforcement strengthens a behavior because a negative condition is stopped or avoided as a consequence of the behavior.
Punishment, on the other hand, weakens a behavior because a negative condition is introduced or experienced as a consequence of the behavior. But Bill Glatzel's detractors say they can train dogs without corrections, by simply using food as a bribe, clickers, toys, positive reinforcement only.
GLATZEL doesn't buy it.. .
Bill Glatzel agrees, "It is possible to train by using food as a bribe. However, it takes many months to years to achieve the same results that I can get with a dog in only a few minutes or hours. And even after months of treat-bribery... if the dog finds something more interesting than your treat... say bye bye to your dog!" "I find it unbelievable that ANY PROFESSIONAL TRAINER/BEHAVIORIST would encourage.
"There is NO WAY you can train a dog to OFF-LEASH RELIABILITY by using food bribery and total positive reinforcement," says Glatzel. "These click and treat, food bribing, Positive Reinforcement Only EXTREMISTS, who call themselves, "Experts," "Behaviorists," "Dog Psychics," "Learning Theory Experts," ignore the TRUE SCIENCE behind LEARNING THEORY, and OPERANT CONDITIONING. They, the so called, "experts," love to extol the virtues of Operant Conditioning, but never mention that they throw out half the science behind canine learning theory, and learning theory in general.
THE TRUTH IS, THE MOST EFFECTIVE MOST HUMANE AND LEAST STRESSFUL WAY FOR A DOG TO LEARN IS WITH BOTH POSITIVE and NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT. The BIG FRAUD of the Treat Slinging crowd of trainers, is that they have DEMONIZED NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT.
Politically Correct amateur dog trainers, and hobbyists, decided that ANYTHING that means a CORRECTION is INHUMANE. This same mentality, says Glatzel, made its way into dog training believe it or not.
"I know," says Glatzel. "These extremists, clicker trainers, the food bribery folks, took it to a whole different level." "The General Dog Owning Public needs to be aware of this fraud, and these snake oil salesman." "This is one of the reasons we at TLC K9 ACADEMY provide a written lifetime guarantee. We spend most of our time fixing problems other trainers and training methods caused. Food bribery often causes aggression.
To prove his point, Glatzel and TLC K9 ACADEMY created the, "$5,000 Charity K9 Training Challenge!" with the following rules, with the most important rule being, ALL WINNING MONEY MUST BE DONATED TO A K9 CHARITY!
THE RULES
#1: You Must Use A Dog Training Approach That Is Fundamentally Different From his: Interpretation: Any approach to dog training that claims that dog training collars, leashes and corrections are some how "wrong" or "cruel" will do fine. If you consider yourself an "Anti-Correction Collar": Cookie Trainer, Food Trainer, Clicker Trainer, Psychic dog trainer, New Age Dog trainer (Energy) or Massage (Use-Only-Your-Hands and No Dog Training Equipment) Dog Trainer... then you're exactly the type of person he's looking for!
#2: Time Limit: Four hours.
#3: Number of dogs to be trained: Each participant will train THREE DOGS.